The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States is materialized when he is offered the opportunity by the CIA to run a brothel for the R&R activities of U.S. soldiers on leave in Singapore.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes72%
Metacritic57/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
56 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter BogdanovichDirector
- Howard SacklerScreenplay
- Paul TherouxScreenplay
- Peter BogdanovichScreenplay
Cast
- Ben GazzaraJack Flowers
- Denholm ElliottWilliam Leigh
- James VilliersFrogget
- Joss AcklandYardley
- Rodney BewesSmale
- Mark KingstonYates
- Lisa LuMrs. Yates
- Monika SubramaniamMonika
- Judy LimJudy
- George LazenbySenator
- Peter BogdanovichEddie Schuman
- Joseph NoëlGopi
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Themes
vietnam warbrothelsingaporepimpprostitutiontranssexualgay theme
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